Improvement in horse-hoes



M. CHANDLER.-

Horse Hoe. No, 34,128. Patented lany14, 1862.

, I T? I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MosEs CHANDLER, 0E EAsr oonINTH, MAI E.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-HOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 341, 128, dafed January 14, 1862.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Moses CHANDLER, of East Corinth, in the county of Penobseot and State of IWIaine, have invented a new and Improved Horse-Hoe; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying clrawings,inaking a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my invention; Fig. 2, a side sectional view or" the same, taken in the line 00a, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain an implement of simple construction, which may be adjusted so as to furrow land for plan ting, either in hills or drills, and form the furrows at a greater or less distance apart and at a greater or less depth, as may be desired, the implement also being designed to be capable ofcovering seed in the drills of a uniform depth and of any desired depth, and also to hoe and hill up growing crops.

The invention consists in the employment or use of two adjustable wings and two adjustable and yieldingcultivator-blades, all arranged to operate as hereinafter set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the beam of the implement, the back part of which has two handles, B B, attached to it, of the usual form.

C is a cross-bar, which is attached to the beam A at a point a short distance in front of the lower ends of the handles B B. This crossbar projects at equal distances from the beam A at each side,and on said bar 0, at each side of the beam, there is fitted a spiral or coil, (1, of a bar or rod, D, the inner ends of the spirals or coils being attached to the beam A, as shown at b. The spirals or coils a form springs for the rods D, and each rod is wound around a bar, E, near each end of it, the rods being retained in proper place on bar E by pins 0.

To the lower end of each rod D there is attached a cultivator-blade,F. Each rod D has a ehain,Gr, attached to it, said chains being connected to the beam A. By taking up orlengthening these chains on the beam A the rods D may be more or less inclined, and the depth of thepenetration ofthe blades F in the earth regulated as desired. Whiffletrees are attached to the ends of the crossbar G.

H H represent two wings, each of which is .formed of two parts, dc, connected together by a pivot or bolt, f. The wings H H are attached to curved or bent rods I J, which are secured to the under side of the beam A by eyes 9 at the lower ends of screw-bolts K, which pass vertically through the beam, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The front ends of the parts d of the wings H are attached by joints h to the rods I, so that said parts (1 may be turned and adjusted more or less obliquely withthe beam A, and the back ends of the parts 01 are attached to the rods J by the pivots or bolts f, which pass through oblong slots tin the lower parts of the rods J.

To the front end of each part d of the wings other and at a distance apart corresponding with the required distance between the drills. This may be effected by adjusting the rods I J longitudinally in the eyes 9 of the bolts K.

In forming or making furrows the cultivatorblades F may be drawn up free from the ground and retained in such position by the chains G.

In covering seed in drills the wings H H are placed in a more or less oblique position, and the back parts, 6, of the wings are more or less elevated, according to the height of the ridge of earth required over the seed. the back parts, 0, of the wings H H are raised the higher the ridge of earth will be, and vice versa. The depth of the penetration of the pazts d of the wings H in the earth may be graduated by raising the back ends of the parts (I, the slots 41 in the lower parts of the rods J admitting of such adjustment.

It will be seen that the wings H H will throw earth up to the growing plants, and when used for such purpose the cultivator-blades F F are lowered by lengthening the chains G, so that they may actupon the earth and serve to loosen The higher or lighten up the same and depriveit of weeds. The springs of the rodsD are sufficiently strong to allow the blades F to pass through the earth and perform their proper function; but they will yield or give in case the blades meet with any obstructions in the earth, and will therefore prevent the rods D being broken or iniured, or any parts connected therewith being strained.

The blades F F may be adjusted at a greater or less distance apart by sliding the rods D on the bar E and securing them nearer together or farther apart by means of the pins 0.

The stay-rods L are adjusted to suit the different adjustments ofthe wings H by means of the adjustable bolt M in the slotj ofthe beam.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Attaching the wings H H of the implement to the beam A by means of the rods I J, which are fitted in eyes g at the ends of bolts K in the beam, in combination with the joints h, which connect the front ends of the parts (1 of the wings to the rods I, and the slots iin the lower parts of the rods J, through which the bolts f at the back ends of the parts at pass. whereby the wings may be adjusted, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. Forming the wings H H of two parts, 610, connected together by a pivot or bolt, f, for

MOSES CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

O. D. CHAPMAN, N.-K. DEXTER. 

